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quietly gagged, when the Prince has doubtless been 

 taught to expect that he may divorce as much as he 

 pleases. I have exhorted Lord Hutchinson to come 

 over before the meeting, and if he sees the Prince again 

 he wilt be able to give him a last solemn warning 

 before embarking in this new and desperate course. 



" Pray let me hear from you the moment I get to 

 town, which will not be before Thursday. I shall 

 write to you. Yours, &c., H. BROUGHAM." 



TO EAEL GEEY. 



"5 HILL STREET, October 31, 1819. 



" MY DEAR LORD GREY, I grieve to hear of your 

 having been ill, but I take it for granted it is the old 

 complaint, and you generally used to have a bout of 

 it at the change of the weather. 



" Your coming before the meeting is most consola- 

 tory, and has diffused universal satisfaction. I shall 

 give you a few ' notices! 



" Milton writes (on receipt of the intelligence) most 

 stoutly, treating the removal as a real deliverance 

 from the ignominy of executing the orders of such 

 men. We agree in thinking Wellington's hand ap- 

 pears in it. It has not, however, altered Morpeth's 

 opinion as to meetings. I have had no answer from 

 the Duke of Devonshire. 



" Murray is just come from Paris, and says Lord 

 Lansdowne says ' he will do anything short of shaking 

 hands with Hunt/ and this must have been before the 

 dismissal. 



" All our other friends (Lord Darlington included) 

 are perfectly stout, which is of infinite moment. We 

 have only to pray that no tumults may take place 



